17.6% ▲ +9.6%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Palm Beach · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Palm Beach
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Palm Beach, where 44.2% of people claim these roots. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born and has a much lower proportion of overseas-born residents than the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Alongside English heritage, Australian (35%) and Irish (13.6%) are the most frequent ancestries. Scottish and German backgrounds also feature, making up 12.4% and 5.5% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 17.6% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Australian average of 27.7%. While this figure rose 1.6 points since 2011, the area remains well below the Queensland figure, with 76.8% of residents born in Australia.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Palm Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309021234/palm-beach/topic/ancestry-heritage